My needs matter too.

Here I am writing again about focus and priorities.

I have a tendency to want to do all the things. But I truly can’t. When I lose vision of my goals I start looking to new things and ideas to take place of the ones I currently am not doing anything about. I know I am not the only one. For instance, yesterday I was feeling overwhelmed, my head was spinning with all there is to do, all I want to do, new ideas, etc.

I needed to be focused and get work done. But my brain was overloaded and my emotions were wack.

I know it was because, A. I started that time of the month, and B. I hadn’t spent time with the Lord and waking up the way I need to, slowly, in the quiet, with no one needing anything from me. I need that time to function properly. I don’t simply want it, I need it. I need it because I then can pour into the little ones who wake up and immediately tell me they’re hungry and thirsty before it’s daylight. I need it so I can happily make my husband coffee and talk to him about the things we need to do that day. I need it so I can have time to write all that’s in my head down so I can prioritize my day. I need it so I can accomplish and tackle the things at work in order to run a successful business. I need it so I can remember that I need to set meat out to thaw to cook for dinner that night so I’m not ordering my children pizza at 8:30pm because I simply forgot to feed them. Y’all, I need that quiet time. I don’t get it any other time of the day. I need a moment where no one needs anything from me. Where I can fill up my heart with God’s word, my spirit with his presence, and my mind with his peace. I need time to myself in the morning to think about what’s in my head without others adding more to my brain. I need that time of quiet so I can examine my heart, my motives, my desires, and pray and talk to God. It’s the only time that I can need something from someone else and not add anything to their plate because God can handle it all. He can handle my period emotions. He can handle my scattered thoughts zooming thru my brain. I call it my spaghetti. Where every thought touches the other and it’s all piled up and unorganized. God can handle my deepest heart’s desires without being overwhelmed or stressed out. I need my quiet time in the morning. And it’s no one’s fault but my own for not getting it. Because I simply just need to wake up when my alarm goes off instead of climbing back into my warm cozy bed. I simply just have to get up, wash my face, make myself a cup of tea, go into the other room, start with praise and worship gently playing, then prayer, making requests to God and thanking him for all he has done already. Then opening his word, some days it’s a few chapters in different books, while other days it’s one or two verses that I just meditate on and marinate on. I will sometimes read a chapter in one of my Christian books that helps give me insight on being a Godly wife, mother, friend, or spiritual prayer warrior.

I need this time and I need to stop making the excuses of being too tired to make it happen. I need to go to bed earlier. I need to set my alarm. I need to wake up and just do it.

What is something you need to do daily that helps kick your day off onto the right beat?